With virtually no fuel left, it would be a matter of luck whether contact finally occurred.

And I only got so much fuel left in the tanks.

There wasn't enough fuel left for a fast exit with the afterburner.

It was now 9.00am, they only had about one hour's fuel left, enough for 180 miles at the most.

He still had more than 18 gallons of fuel left and the way things were going, that would be plenty.

No spent fuel from Reactor 2 or 3 has ever left the property.

If it had failed there might not have been enough fuel left on board to try again.

But the fuel itself never leaves the initial storage center.

However, they had hardly any fuel left and alternative airfields were no longer within reach.

He had only three more days' fuel left, but it was enough.